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Think a kind of 'Into the Woods'. Try and include as many as possible! | [WP] Write a short story whilst including as many fairy tales as you can. | [
"Lighting struck upon a stormy shore lighting up the crumbing mansion at the edge of the beach line. \n\nUpon the door was a rusting silver plate. *Macabre Labyrinth and Robert Skellington : Tale Chaser*. It read.\n \nInside was a study, packed floor to ceiling with tattered sheets of paper and dogeared books. Ther... | 2 |
[WP] The deadliest serial killer in history has been reduced to a wheelchair-ridden vegetable for the last couple decades. | [
"The room was dimly lit and the padding on the walls was stained and aged. I had been waiting for this moment for too long and suddenly all the emotions leading up to it compiled into one rising ball in my throat. I swallowed, hoping to remain composed enough to see the woman who killed my sister. \n\nThey had fina... | 2 | |
[WP] Upon death, the word, "Continue?" appears in front of you with a timer counting down from ten. | [
"I press continue possibly thinking I'll start over from a previous \"checkpoint\" or in other words a memory. If I had 2-3 choices as in 2 or 3 \"checkpoints\" or \"saved games\" if you will I'd choose to be reborn and start over from when I was 14-15 because that was the turning point in my life. I could have def... | 5 | |
[WP] Make a children's story into a horror story | [
" Many of you have probably heard of the children's story *The Boy Who Cried Wolf*. Parents assume it is a story designed to teach children about lying and playing tricks on people. Few realize the truth behind the story.\n\n It starts off in a small village. Because the people constantly must worry about wolves an... | 3 | |
or any of the most hated figures in history | [WP] A romantic comedy starring Adolf Hitler | [
"He was just a boy with fascination for genocide, indoctrination, genital mutilation and painting pretty pictures \n\nShe was just a girl who studied sculpture at St Martin's College \n\nAdolf knew he wanted her as soon as he saw her\n\n\"Now das ist ein face I vant to slap mein brattwurst on\"\n\n\nBut what happe... | 1 |
[WP] You're shopping for antiques and you come across a mirror that doesn't seem to be reflecting things quite right. | [
"Another day of following the wife through another antique shop.\n\n\"Look, that one looks about the right size!\" She ran off towards a tall mirror hung on one of the shop's walls. We were searching for that 'perfect' mirror to hang in our new dining room. Twenty different antique stores across at least a hundr... | 2 | |
First time making a prompt, sorry if I messed it up. | [WP] When you die, you meet the person who was designated to control your life. | [
"I heard the staccato pop of clapping. It made no sense since the last thing I saw before that was the flood waters. I tried to recall my last minutes, and I remembered running back into the hotel as I heard kids screaming. I couldn’t live with myself without trying.\n\n“Get the kids to safety.” I shouted at my wif... | 2 |
[WP] You are a crack whore and today you came down just enough to realise your situation, and you want to get out. [NSFW] | [
"Where was I? God, I can't even remember anymore. Walking the street in sheer lingerie, getting into the first car that pulls up...then it's a blur.\n\nI can guess what happened though. After getting a nice crystal fix I went down on the guy. I taste a bit of pussy on my lips too, but mostly it's just a lot of seme... | 1 | |
Write only the last scene of your movie. Assume we've already seen the rest of it, you don't need exposition anymore, your characters have been built, your story is set up.
Your masterwork is coming to its finale and you throw the reader right in the middle of it all.
If you need any inspiration or want to know how a movie script is written, try [this.](http://www.imsdb.com) | [WP][Movie Script] Write the last scene of your movie. | [
"*Jack, Matt and Kenny approach the large, iron door.*\n*Bullets are flying all over the place, barely missing them.*\n\nMatt: We'll hold 'em off!\n\nJack: What? No way! I need you guys. I can't lose you... like...\n\nKenny: Not gonna happen. Do what you gotta do in there. We'll be fine.\n\nMatt: Yeah. This part's ... | 2 |
I was thinking of a fantasy world with "supernatural" elements, roughly like Lord of the Rings, and a civilization that has advanced but not godlike technology, like in Star Trek TOS. But these are just ideas, so feel free to vary/deviate. It doesn't necessarily have to be a first-contact interaction either. Either, both, or neither race could be human/oid.
This is my first prompt, so please let me know if it is good and if my suggestions "spoiled" the prompt. | [WP] A moderately advanced spacefaring civilization makes first contact with a medieval fantasy world. | [
"\"I just *can't believe* you use that thing, and have *no idea how it works*!\"\n\nIzac looked discomfited, and in a defensive tone of voice, retorted \"Leave off, *Sven!* The wizards know, and that's all it takes, really! I take it to them to get it fixed when it breaks, and until then, I know how to use it!\"\n\... | 2 |
[WP] Either begin or end the story with "In my pocket, there was a toothbrush and a human eyeball" | [
"In my pocket, there was a toothbrush and an eyeball. I walked wearily into the sandy desert city. The limestone East Gate was the largest structure I had ever seen. It towered beautifully over the huge city. The limestone was elegantly painted white, with gold trim. The images painted within the white told of the... | 2 | |
[WP] You wake up in the middle of the night, Your bed sheets are coated in blood and every muscle in your body feels like it's burning. Slowly you begin to piece together what happened.... | [
"I have no skin.\n\nIt took me some time to figure out. Unable to move, even to turn my head, I could not see my own body. The constant, burning pain across my muscles kept my mind sharp, despite the late hour. It allowed me to puzzle out my situation, from what little clues I had. \n\nMy bed, myself within it, had... | 2 | |
[WP] You wake up to a good morning text from an unknown number. You then scroll through to see messages going all the way back since last week, which you don't even remember. | [
"The phone at my side buzzed incessantly, forcing me to pick it up and shaking me out of my groggy state. \n\n Good morning\n\nWho was this? I glanced at the top of the screen. Lauren. Never heard of her. Scrolling through, it seems we've talked quite a bit.\n\nWait, what kind of phone am I holding? Where am I?... | 2 | |
[WP] The world officially runs out of fucks to give. | [
"The speedometer struggles at 120, the engine cries exhaust into the air behind me, I spin the wheel like I'll get 200 dollars for asking if there are any Rs. Cats meow as they slam against my windshield, swatted off into the street by my wipers. I'm sure dogs would fall from the sky if they didn't love everything ... | 5 | |
[WP] The Rapture is upon us. However, this is 2173, and humanity is ready to greet the apocalypse with superior firepower. | [
"Jesus turns water into Winchester Model 70s. Angles arm themselves. They swoop from the heavens. A finger points to every heathen, God's infinite digits mark those that shall not die, for only the dead may grow wings and ascend.\n\nBrows raise, eyes scrunch, heads are thoroughly scratched.\n\n\"My father, my lord,... | 3 | |
[WP] An evil villain finally accomplishes his lifelong search for the ultimate suit of armor - Plot Armor. | [
"It was a great time when I discovered Plot Armor. My nemeses folding in my wake as every attempt on my life was thwarted, and every nefarious plan of mine came to fruition. I felt like I was God among these peons when I rose to the highest ranks and had the highest authority over everything in this world.\n\nIt ... | 3 | |
[WP] An Advanced Alien Species Visits Earth and They are More Religious than We are. | [
"Joel Dunn had grown tired of being inside, even if he was an introvert like myself. He was the kind of guy to sit at the TV all day, watching movies and bad sitcoms, whilst I would sit at the computer playing games. We had been roommates for years, and were probably the best friends either of us had; yet we nearly... | 3 | |
[WP] It's just another day in Hell.. But is that ice I see? | [
"*\"Hellfire and brimstone.\"*\n\nYou open your eyes after yet another unsuccessful attempt to entertain yourself. Meditation was never really your thing but when someone has been here as long you have they'll be desperate to trying anything they can.\n\n*\"Hellfire and brimstone.\"*\n\nTime. That's a concept witho... | 2 | |
[WP] A high schol student has just witnessed an atrocious crime. How does the rest of his day play out? | [
"The dust stuck to Ray's sweat-covered face. *This is it. This is how I'm going to die.* \n\nFor months he could sense it coming, his Dad's drinking was getting worse by the day. What started as a minor concern had spiraled into a bottle-of-whiskey-and-twelve-pack-a-day habit. Ray's teachers had taken notice. He'd ... | 9 | |
[WP] Humans, just recently, are the last remaining life form on Earth. How are the human farms faring? | [
"\"Mm, tough.\" *Chew chew.* \"Just the way I like it.\"\n\n\"The hell can you stand that, Frank? That's not even muscle, its gristle. Disgusting, man.\" *Kaff kaff.* \"Least his skins not all leathery.\"\n\n\"Hey, hand me that - thanks man.\" *Slurp slurp.* \"Damn, but that tastes good. Near good as chicken.\"\n\n... | 2 | |
[WP]You fell madly in love with an immortal, gorgeous woman | [
"*I am a moment. I am a blink of an eye. I am but dust sailing through rays of light. I stand before a giant, a statue carved from marble and clad in silk, smooth and soft against the changing of the seasons.* \n\n*The clockwork of my life is churning ever turning the tick, tick, tock whirling - hurling me through ... | 3 | |
[WP] It is the year 2020, a being called the "Arbiter" has come to earth and declared that all who kill another person shall be killed. Moments after a murder occurs, the Arbiter arrives and disintegrates the murderer. 10 years have passed, how has the world changed? | [
"Murder comes in a variety of guises. \nNo one realized this at first, but with the first murderer disintegrated our way of life was forever changed.\nNow we had true accountability of our influence over our fellow man.\n\nYear one...\n\nThe world fell into complete chaos, the fear of being responsible for the deat... | 2 | |
[WP] Genghis Khan reaches the Americas | [
"Genghis Khan grinned as the Americas came upon the horizon. He turned as he heard a subordinate come up behind him.\n\n\"Sir! We've been on this tiny boat for months; our horses died weeks ago, most of our men died of scurvy, and the rest have gone mad after eating their comrades. Perhaps we should have put this '... | 2 | |
[WP] A serial killer's wife has just been murdered in a random burglary/mugging. | [
"\"Listen Bruno, let's make this fast. You, and your men killed my wife. Tragic as it is, I shouldn't have gotten attached.\" \n\n\nGlasses clinking interrupted the killers train of thought, and gave for an opportunity to survey the subject. The rugged policeman sat securely chained to a chair, bolted to the floor.... | 5 | |
[WP] You have hated dad jokes your entire life. But then you become a father. Document your descent in madness and dad jokes. | [
"Day 1\nApril 26, 2028\n\nI'm a father! A dad. My wife gave birth to our son, Frederick. Guess I'll be making dad jokes soon... Hopefully they won't be un**bear**able. Hehe.\n\nDay 8\nMay 3, 2028\n\nMy wife's beginning to worry about me. She thinks my jokes are getting out of hand. I told her I could hold onto my j... | 2 | |
[WP] Someone gives the Loch Ness Monster $3.50 | [
"Heather silently mouthed the words before tossing in her offering. Sploosh. She opened her eyes, watching the silvery coin flit back and forth, sinking into the murk of Loch Ness.\n\nHer mother’s voice interrupted her silent plea. “What are you doing?”\n\n“Nothing,” Heather mumbled, kicking a rock with the toe of ... | 3 | |
[WP] write about a mundane chore in the most sexual way possible | [
"Around my leg you slither, \nWill a pull of my fingers, you come hither. \nYour let out a sensual roar \nMy clothes are pulled and fall to the floor.\n\n*I get mad and hit you hard \nYou just stand there like a lump of lard. \nYou look up at me as your shaft rises \nWow, aren't you full of surprises?*\n\nI p... | 1 | |
[WP] You live in a world where humans don't have eyes. But you have a superpower : sight. | [
"It was hard to describe my new ability. It was as though I could feel things from a distance, a magical hand that coated itself across everything in front of my face. My power was nearly limitless; when I was outside I could feel other houses, other people, and hundreds of trees. When I used my power on the sky, I... | 2 | |
[WP] Superman meets Neo who explains The Matrix. Superman gets unplugged from The Matrix and now discovers that he is just a normal person. | [
"**So now you understand, Clark.**\n\nSlow down there, Mary.\n\n**It's Neo.**\n\nNot from where I'm sitting. More like Nelly. Whats with the fruity trenchcoat?\n\n**It's awesome looking.**\n\nBullshit! In the real world. REAL men wear tights and capes and flaming red underwear on the outside. \n\n**But that world i... | 4 | |
Or "sentient" lifeforms, that works too. | [WP] The day where humankind realized that yes, they were indeed the only lifeforms in the entire universe. | [
"\"Well spit it out already, what's got you down?\" Karen demanded, shaking Bill's arm. Adam sat idly on the other side of the table as he munched his hamburger.\n\n\"There's nothing out there.\" Bill mumbled.\n\n\"What do you mean?\" She asked. \n\n\"We finally got *it* working, remember that machine I told you ab... | 2 |
[WP] A normal person believes that they have super powers due to coincidences their whole life. | [
"Damien woke up to the sound of rain beating against his window. Damien hated the rain - it reminded him of the day his mother died in that freak clown accident. \n\n\n \n\nHe always felt like it was *his* fault, not the freak clowns. After all, it was Damien who told his mom that he wished she'd \"be eate... | 5 | |
[WP] A little girl is found on Mars. | [
"The dust cloud marred the dry, murky air like a drop of dye in water. The advancing Skitarii marched perfectly in sync, the mechanical legs of the infantry creating a unified booming noise, and the long striders of the Ironstriders created a more high-pitched noise, as if the perpetual-motion engines were attempti... | 2 | |
[WP] My brother is getting married tomorrow and I've been so busy with work that I haven't written a best man speech. Can anyone help me with a standard outline?? I'll fill in some memories after. | [
"\"When [insert name] asked me to be his best man, I was [insert genuine response]\". Explain a bit why this was, set yourself up for a joke if that's your thing.\n\n\n\n\"[insert memory(ies) that appeal to the better aspects grooms character; and, or, highlight your own special connection to the groom/bride\". Aga... | 1 | |
[WP] Humans only borrow their bodies for life, and must return them after death. Someone who died in a strange manner explains the condition of the body he/she is returning. | [
"\"You did *what*?\" Death stared at me with his cold, dark eyes. I wasn't sure if he was angry, surprised, or a combination of both.\n\n\"I, uhm, well it's complicated, you see.\"\n\n\"Humor me, please.\" Death leaned on his scythe a bit as he lowered his PDA, his skeletal hands clicking against the glass screen.\... | 3 | |
[WP] Time is a sentient being. It begins to become fond of a small girl in poor living conditions. | [
"I am vast. I have seen everything that has ever happened. I have seen stars born and die. I have watched the elements be created. At some point it all became monotonous. \n\nYou watch the development of a galaxy or two and nothing seems new anymore. I have been so bored for the last several hundred mill... | 11 | |
[WP] You are a young child who just realized that you were a little bit "different" than everyone else. | [
"The other kids would always look at me differently, but in the mirror i could never See anything different. I lived it a world where I couldn't understand many people, my parents were some of the only people that Spoke my language. \n\nNo one wanted to play with me at recess. I'd look around at the faces of the o... | 4 | |
[WP] A spooky skeleton escapes its prison of flesh. How does it celebrate its freedom? | [
"I planned it all perfectly. I would escape my host and finally be free. Free to be the skeleton I've always wanted to be, unencumbered by the sinful weight of flesh. A perfect life of leisure, not a want in the world. My enemies' darts would fly right through my ribs, I'd just grin at them. Who can fight a sk... | 1 | |
[WP] Every night more stars disappear from the sky | [
"The dusty timbers of the rocking chair creak on the uneven decking of the porch. Caleb sips from the steaming mug as he rocks back and forth, savouring the aroma of tea with a splash of whisky thrown in. The crickets chirp in the warm darkness of the summer night and the silver penny of the moon radiates its pale ... | 5 | |
[WP] "That homeless guy keeps staring at you..." | [
"“That homeless man keeps staring at you,” my friend Jennifer whispers to me as I light up my cigarette. \n\nIt’s a Friday night and I’m in New York, which is a treat for me as a girl who has lived in Minnesota her whole life. This weekend I was able to visit my friend from college and take a break from my shitty l... | 2 | |
Bonus if you make the heart tug in a nice way, none o that Cancer or dead S.O. malarkey. I mean, you can if you want. But happy's better than sad. But do what you were gonna when you saw the prompt, don't let this little ditty change your inspiration.
Edit: Beginners and experts alike, welcome. This is a nice one, trust me. | [FF] Less than a hundred words. Begins 'I don't wanna sleep yet..' | [
"\"I do not want to sleep yet,\" she said, \"for now sleeping mean I have to be without you and that is something i can not imagine, something my heart can not bare. I do not want to sleep yet, sleeping mean i might not wake up to find a message from you with the words 'good morning I love you'. I do not want to sl... | 7 |
[WP] Your name is Bob | [
"\"The number 13 is unlucky, but if that's the case, so should be the letter \"B\" as it looks like a squished together 13. \nWhat's your name? \nBOB. \nGET AWAY FROM ME!\"\n-Mitch Hedberg\n\nAnd Bob went away, having just met his favourite comedian of all time, down in the dumps, upset about his luck. \n\"What... | 4 | |
[WP] You have synesthesia and you work in an art gallery | [
"When people ask me what I like most at my work I always answer \"The sound\" and everytime I get confused looks back. But that's what I'm expecting, because who would think of sounds when you talk about an art gallery?\n\nBut this is my gift, one reason why I am so good at my job, why I'm so enthusiastic about it.... | 2 | |
[WP] Adam and Eve never eat the forbidden fruit. A hundred generations later you meet the serpent. | [
"In 1977, Dade County, Florida, passed an ordinance sponsored by Anita Bryant’s former friend Ruth Shack that prohibited discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. Bryant led a highly publicized campaign to repeal the ordinance as the leader of a coalition named Save Our Children. Bryant stated the campaign... | 6 | |
[WP] The aliens attacked. The world is in ruins. All hope is lost. And humanity is totally fine with it | [
"The Aliens attacked. The world is in ruins, and Humanity is completely fine with it. Why should we care? It's not like we are losing our world to attackers. Poor Martians, never saw us coming. Humanity will control everything or at least destroy things it can't. The Martians should have just let us colonize Mars. ... | 5 | |
[WP] You've lost the love of your life, but not to death or another man/woman. | [
"It happened on that fateful morning of September 11th, 2001. It was the first time we were to go on vacation together, and were frantically rushing through the airport to catch a plane to Disneyland. \n\n \n\nWe reached the gate, and she was fumbling in her handbag for her passport. I reached over and gen... | 10 | |
[WP]It's 2 in the morning, you're about to turn off the TV. However the screen goes static, then a women appears on the screen shouting your name. | [
"Screams, explosions, and gunfire filled the air. In the distance I could see my friends dying, then I felt a rumble and a shot to the head. That's when the 3rd person out of body experience kicked in and I floated away from my body and I saw my killer. He was in red armor and carrying a binary rifle- and also tea ... | 5 | |
[WP] "How did the magic die?" asked your grandson. "Well, it started off with a magician's trick..." | [
"The trick was called the four burglars. \nHe looked out at the crowd and knew he had them hooked. Their eyes lingered on the stack of coins on the table in front of him. He put the cards down and fanned them out, he selected the four jacks and told his story. \n\n*“Four burglars are planning to rob a bank”*\n\nHe ... | 2 | |
[WP] A story that seems to be "deep" and filled with symbolism and eloquent language, but is actually total BS and means almost nothing. | [
"And he stared at that chair. The chair, standing so innocently, a charlatan in the finest walnut. A sanctuary. A trap. A home. The answer to the question he never asked. The window spilled light across the honest stone floor. But the beams of twilight illuminating the room stopped short at the beautiful chair. He ... | 3 | |
[WP] In the year 2066, aliens invade Earth. Thanks to a few brave individuals, we steal the secret to time travel, and send back one intrepid person to spark a war so vicious that human weapons technology will be advanced enough in 2066 to take on the alien threat. His name: Adolph Hitler. | [
"My love for Adolph Hitler is so great,\nMy heart melts for him 'til the dusk of day.\nThe night travels when he's away,\nFix, time 'til day's dawn.\n\nHis beauty is great,\nWondering mind 'til him sees,\nSacrifies is all I do,\nWhile waiting for the moment, for him to say \"I do.\"\n\n\n",
"\"It's too late. It's... | 18 | |
[WP] You just accidentally destroyed an entire alien race while trying to make First Contact. | [
"Do you realize how far radio waves travel? A long fucking way. \n\nThey knew we were here a long time before we knew they were. We've just been throwing signals around and out and everywhere... everything that could possibly every contact us just has to perk up their ears to know we're right here. Lucky for us, mo... | 3 | |
[WP] You are in love with, and loved by, a ghost; unfortunately, the two of you can only communicate at twilight. | [
"\"I'm sorry but we can't save her.\"\n\nI'm cold, bruised and still bleeding. Earlier today I had been driving with my fiancé of four years to drop her off at her mother's so she could choose a wedding dress. We'd been saving up whatever money we could for what felt like forever and we were finally in a position t... | 1 | |
[WP] 25 years ago genetic modification of embryos became mandatory. Today is your 26th birthday. | [
"\"Sorry, Mister Harrisburg, but the position at our company has been filled. Thank you.\"\n\nUnsurpising. Third time this month. I stand up and shook his old hand, staring into bespectacled eyes whose inner apathy were masked by the beaming smile below. I step out of the office and pas the man who surely got the j... | 3 | |
[WP] You're applying for a job in the bookstore. After the third interview, you realize this job is more than it seems. | [
"Haley brushed her skirt down one last time before going in. She sneered at her decision, certain that pants would have been more appropriate. Then again, she hadn’t been faced with four interviews for any previous career track. Retirement had been much longer than it had and she needed something to occupy her time... | 3 | |
[WP] Your first date with them from an online dating site. All the info on their profile is true but not what you expected. | [
"Maybe they were right about her. I sat at the table wondering where Rebecca was. \n\nHer profile seemed much too good to be true.\nA petite brunette who enjoyed travel, reading novels, and on occasion smoking weed and observing the universe?\n\nGirls like that were all scoffed up back in college at the house parti... | 2 | |
[WP] Several centuries in the future, your favorite fiction book is found, and believed to be historical fact. | [
"\"The world is a planet!\"\n\n\"No it's not, it's a turtle flying through space, upon which there are four elephants who support the Discworld, stupid Roundworld conspiracy theorist!\"\n\n\"This is LITERALLY Roundworld! The bloody Disc is a bloody work of fiction! There was a crossover that went into the science b... | 3 | |
[WP] Write the history of a group (religion, country, people etc.) as a series of patch notes. | [
"***Release - Version 1.0***\n\nUpgraded Prussia from a minor power.\n\nDiplomatic Stance Set to \"Aggressive\"\n\nAdded +5 to Combat Modifier When Fighting French\n\nAdded new Hero: Otto Von Bismarck (INT: 8, CHR: 7, LUCK: 9)\n\nAdded Special Event: Franco-Prussian War (Should take place when player reaches 1870 A... | 3 | |
[WP] You are the ruler of a Medieval city/village that is currently under attack, and you're losing. Write the last few moments you have left. | [
"They came in droves.\n\nOur walls fell too easily. They must have fired cannons at it—Ow!\n\nThe ruler of Woodsburrow was currently being dragged from his demolished location at the epicenter of his once small and modest kingdom. They did their best to get by, but they didn’t focus their efforts enough on defenses... | 3 | |
[WP] Write a story about God's forgotten other kid | [
"Sorry this a bit rushed:\n\nLife as a forgotten child isn't too bad. I am famous world wide, I have a near infinite budget, and I have a whole nation of passionate people behind me. \nSure, big brother J got a church, a book, and a spot in Heaven, but he also got a literal buttload of nails, so that's a pretty swe... | 2 | |
[WP] A colony ship leaves Earth to settle on an Earthlike exoplanet. Halfway there, they meet another colony ship heading in the opposite direction. | [
"\"Come on, come on!”\n\nThe round metal door to the hibernation chamber whirred and clanked, unbearably slow. \n\n\"Just open, damn you!\" \n\nHank fruitlessly tugged at the handle. The door labored open and he squeezed through when it was wide enough, tearing the front pocket of his officer's jacket. Inside, ... | 5 | |
[WP] Extra-dimensional beings are desperately trying to communicate with humankind. The only ones who can perceive them are those who are under the influence of hallucinogens. | [
"\"It's good shit.\"\n\nIt's good shit.\n\nIt's good shit.\n\nThe words echoed in Bradley's mind. He played them in his head over and over as he tried to keep his head from lolling around. There was a loud smack, and he felt a sharp pain splay out on the right side of his face. He looked right and saw that he had a... | 4 | |
[WP] You have just died, and your eternal fate is being decided in trial by combat. Every deed you have ever done, good or bad, is now manifest as a soldier in a battle to determine the fate of your soul. | [
"I entered the arena. I was confident. I knew what was coming.\n\n\"Now,\" said the judge, \"you will fight the sum of all of your past deeds, good and bad.\"\n\nThe gate on the opposite side of the arena opened slowly, probably to leave time for me to worry about what I had done as I waited to see my opponent. I d... | 6 | |
[WP] One day the world wakes up to everyone having a number visible over their head. Your number is 1. | [
" It was a dull tuesday morning when I woke up to the sounds of my phone going off non-stop. Aaron was frantically screaming nonsense at me. \"THERE IS A NUMBER...Errr...SOMETHING IS ON ME JOSH!\" I mumbled and turned on my side to go back to my dreams, but that is when I saw it. There in the mirror, it was right o... | 1 | |
[WP] At the age of 21, everybody is given a letter. It reads: we have been keeping a massive secret from everyone under the age of 21. This can not be told to anyone younger, or you will be executed. The secret is... | [
"\"Fuck...\"\n\nA secret like that, there's no way it could be real. There's no way they could have been hiding it for this long. How come nobody TOLD us?\n\nI looked at the man next to me, but he didn't seem to have heard me.\n\nDoes he know? \n\nI looked at the man in front of me.\n\nDoes he know?\n\nDid my paren... | 1 | |
[WP] The last man alive is desperately trying to prevent the extinction of mankind via timetravel, but he's having a hard time pinpointing when exactly everything started going wrong. | [
"The air was heavy and foul. An unnatural stink that permeated the whole room, that seemed to emanate from every object. It overwhelmed and consumed all the synthetic and sterilized smells you would expect from a laboratory. It was enough to make anyone not used to it retch. And most times it was enough even for so... | 4 | |
This should hurt the heart. | [WP] Tell a story in which the protagonist must kill his/her love interest. | [
"**I hope this destroys you in all the ways you want to be destroyed OP.**\n\nAren was a wild thing, she had eyes that swallowed you whole and learned each and every inch of who you were like words on a page that she could bookmark and worship. She was fearless and bold, unafraid to challenge your typos and eager t... | 3 |
[WP] Write a prompt that leaves the reader sad and happy. | [
"It was the shot to end the war. This terrible war that has been waged for decades, it has ravaged the *civilized* world and left everything in ruins. Nothing was left and nothing was saved. Forests in ruin and cities decimated. \n\nMitch was a sniper from a small hamlet. He joined the war in the last decade and ma... | 2 | |
[WP] Due to a random mutation, you are the first human to achieve sentience. | [
"My childhood was harsh. We were not a lucky tribe. \n\nTypically, girls like me, skinny late developers, would come last to the food, only getting the scraps of what was left. And food was scarce, and what was left was often nothing at all, and for a skinny late developer, that usually meant staying skinny and la... | 2 | |
[WP] In an attempt to be more precise, a medieval clockmaker starts using increasingly bizarre and complex methods to record accurate time. | [
"Johan wiped his brow as he stood in front of the king. He knew his invention would revolutionize the world, but it was so hard to convey the idea to others. Elektrical impulses, crystals vibrating faster than the eye could see; these things did not come across easily, especially to the dunces in the court.\n\n\"... | 3 | |
Maybe not aliens. Maybe an evil genius. Whatever.
Bonus Points if the sexy humans don't know that they were created this way.
Inspired by: http://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/35bozp/scientists_bred_extremely_sexually_attractive/ | [WP] Aliens breed extremely sexually attractive humans whose offspring are unable to breed. So these alien-humans will hopefully dominate the gene pool, and in a generation or two, billions of humans will be reproductive dead-ends. | [
"\"My fellow Americans,\" The president started what had come to be known as the weekly 'don't fuck the aliens' address.\n\n\"I come before you today, with a message of great importance. Many of you have surely heard what it is that I am about to say, but that does not lessen its significance.\" His grey steely eye... | 3 |
This prompt came to me when I thought about how some of the technology we have today would make us as gods in older eras. But then I realized, if I actually was sent back right now without preparing, I wouldn't know how to do anything useful and my knowledge would be mostly useless. | [WP] You're sent back to medieval Britain, exactly as you are right now and with everything you know, with no way back. How are you doing? Are you surviving and thriving, or are you killed off fast? | [
"It was raining when I awoke. Well, more like a heavy mist, the kind that soaks you through without really noticing. I was cold but more from the rain than the temperature. My t-shirt and jeans were alright pretty drenched as I lay in the wet grass. Sitting up I vaguely recognized the view. The coastline all still ... | 2 |
[WP] Every so often you feel the urge to sing, and when you're in that mood you're really good at it. You realize you are a banshee. | [
" Peter lay flat on his stomach,hands spread, the cold tile floor pressed against his face. He had never been more scared. In his five years working the front counter at the small neighborhood bank, this was his first robbery.\n\nJust moments before, two masked men had come into the bank. “Everybody on the ground,”... | 2 | |
[WP] A thousand years from now, the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter finishes condensing into a new planet. Humanity watches the formation of the youngest of the planets, humanity's new baby sibling. You have been tasked with giving it a name of your choosing. justify it however you see fit. | [
"\tIt took three ships to get there. Actually only one, but the first two didn't quite make it.\n\n The program was named Mariam; Greek for Mary. It was more of a biblical reference than anything; we were supposed to “be the Mother to our new planet.” That’s exactly what’s going to happen, too. The planet looks lik... | 2 | |
[WP] life is good. Every time you commit a crime, a stranger confesses and takes the fall for you. today, you figure out why. | [
"\"What do you mean he's *being Truman Show'd*?\" I asked the man in the orange jumpsuit who, not twelve hours ago, had fallen on the proverbial sword and taken the rap for a crime I'd committed. In doing so, he'd not known that this was the latest in a spree of mine, and that I was dead-set on becoming his lawyer ... | 1 | |
[WP] They call you the wanderer but they are the ones that are lost. | [
"They call me Wanderer. The voices of the dead follow me.\n\nI check the valves on my mask, make sure the seals on my suit are tight. I've been hours Outside, and days remain till my destination.\n\nI walk on, silent now except for the crunching of sand, distorted through my helmet. Silent, except for the dead. A l... | 2 | |
[WP] Reincarnation is real, but there are only 7 and a half billion souls - the year is 2020, and the population just topped that. | [
"\"More information is coming in about the planet wide infertility epidemic.\" The redheaded woman switched her head to camera two, and a graphic of a red x placed in front of a picture of a baby popped up in the top right corner. \"Scientists from around the globe have united to implement a testing plan that would... | 12 | |
[WP] As you blast off into space you think about your home for the last time before your home planet is bombarded by something unknown. You fly off into the darkness. | [
"**They**\n\n*They said everything would be OK…*\n\nI could hear their screams. The screams of 7 billion people ceasing to exist, slain by an unseen killer. Hopes and dreams, stories and tales. All forgotten within a matter of seconds.\n\n*They said everyone would make it…*\n\nThe fires blazed, they glowed, they sp... | 3 | |
[WP] Death meets the first man that can see him. | [
"As I wake up on that day I feel a sense of dread\n\nMy life up to this point was a failure, I went to school and did good but not great, and I never really did anything special because of it. I posed no significant meaning and I was never the best. I work at the lowest of the low places and get just enough pay to ... | 2 | |
[WP] A young bigfoot gets in trouble for being seen by humans | [
"\"I told you not to go outside!\" Mom screams at me, \"you're not supposed to be seen by the humans! They'll come hunting for you!\"\n\nI look sheepish. \"Sorry.... Mom...\"\n\nShe waves me off. \"Apologizing does no good, boy.\" \n\n\"I won't do it next time! I promise..\"\n\n\"I told you not to go! You need to l... | 2 | |
[WP] The last conversation in Human history. | [
"\"You ready?\" She asks me as we sit in front of the Nexus. \n\n\"No, but I never will be\"\n\n\"It'll be okay, we'll still be together, we always will be. And once we join the rest of them we'll never die, never be apart.\"\n\n\"I know, but it won't be the same. It won't be me loving you, it won't be you loving ... | 13 | |
[WP] All Keanu Reeves movies happen in the same universe. | [
"*I know I probably messed up the chronological order of all three of these movies, but I had to fudge it a little to make them make sense to me. Second post on this subreddit! Let me know what you think.*\n___________________________________________________________________\n\nI was tired. Years of fighting the dem... | 2 | |
[WP] Love story with unexpected twist in the last sentence. | [
"I was sixteen years old when I first saw Elizabeth. She'd just moved into our small town, and even though she was gorgeous, our high school cliques were excluding her quite heavily. We shared a math class, and sat next to each other. We didn’t have the same lunch period, but I would hear from my friends that she ... | 2 | |
[WP] Death and Mother Nature have a conversation over coffee about their friend Life | [
"\"You need to do something about him Nature. If he goes off to the others, there will be no one to take care of you. You do remember what it was like before I helped you?\"\n\nDeath sat relaxed in poise, but with an intensity that made Mother Nature uneasy.\n\n\"I do, I do. It's just that he says he wants to lea... | 7 | |
[WP] In the future, online gaming etiquette is recorded and a mandatory part of background checks when applying or interviewing for jobs. | [
"To: Bob(swagl0rd@fakemail.com)\n\nFrom: Emma(coolboss@awesomejob.com)\n\nSubject: RE: Application\n\nHello Bob,\n\nThere were many factors we considered on whether we should hire you or not. While you have displayed high standards in academic success, there was a problem on your record that we tried to justify for... | 2 | |
[WP] You are 16, and starting to become suspicious of your imaginary friend. | [
"It began subtly at first. He began taunting people less and with less malice. This was about two years ago now and I am completely unsure of how to handle myself.\n\nMy requests go unanswered. My advice goes unheeded. He looks at me as though I wish him only harm.\n\nIt has been a rough time for humanity ever sinc... | 2 | |
[WP] Write the ritual guidebook of a race of robotic beings that worship their long-dead human creators as mystical, god-like beings. | [
"\"All of us must follow these three rules to be allowed to continue to operate:\n\n1. A Robot must never harm any life-form or through inaction let any life-form come to harm\n\n2. A Robot must pay reverence to the men and women who made it's creation possible and mourn their departure at the set dates and times.\... | 7 | |
[WP] In a world where super-powered people exist one such individual longs to be a hero but fears rejection due to their powers being indecent/immoral in nature. When fate forces them to reveal their abilities the public reaction is... unexpected. | [
"\"Man this sucks.\" I say to the stranger sitting next to me.\"14 years of school and now they won't even let me graduate. I mean did I not earn it? Let me start from the beginning\" \n\"Okay but I don't have a lot of time\" he said\n\"That's cool man I'll make it short. There is a world, one you don't even know e... | 4 | |
[WP] Your phone rings, you notice it is your number who's calling. You answer the phone, on the other end is future you. Describe the conversation. | [
"\"I have message for Tom Jones,\" I faintly recognized the voice on the other side of the line but it sounded weaker and slow.\"What who is this?\"\n\"I don't have time to explain but I need you to do me a favor,\" his voice became even weaker, \"take two steps to you left and then duck\"\n\"Why would I…what?\"\n\... | 11 | |
[WP] Centuries ago there existed the empire of magic alongside the empire of technology. The two empires were at war and the empire of technology won. Most magical knowledge was lost and its people assimilated. The only remaining scriptures of magical knowledge are worshiped as religious text. | [
"My life changed that day. I had just won myself another internet argument. I was turning to my marker board to give myself another notch when a knocking was heard upon my door. I lethargically stood up and wiped the excess cheto dust from my body. I grabbed my fedora. Then I began the long trick up from my basemen... | 2 | |
[WP] That night you punched uncle Bill in the face. | [
"Today I decided it was enough. It had been going on for 3 years now, starting when I was eleven up to the 14 year old me now. I started with gentle touches on the knee, thigh and such. Things easily laughed off. But whenever uncle Bill came to babysit me he would get touchy, and more touchy. Soon a knee or thigh w... | 2 | |
Feel free to reveal the country, or leave it up to the reader to figure it out. | [WP] You finally save up to travel to another country. On arrival, you find that EVERY stereotype about that country is true. | [
"I did it. I finally made it across the boring prairies of North Dakota to the even more boring prairies of Saskatchewan. As I pulled up, I saw a man in a red suit with a straw park ranger hat standing at the border. He was chomping on some Tim Hortons donuts and was watching some hockey on a little television.\n\n... | 5 |
[WP] You have managed to lose a tree. | [
"\"Tucker!\" I was furious, but honestly I should've seen this coming. \"What the hell are you doing?!\" I pulled up just in time to see the last bit of the Japanese Bonsai Maple tree, a tree only available for sale three weeks of the year, go through the wood chipper. \n\nTucker stared at me, confused. He looked a... | 2 | |
[wp]You are a powerful wizard and have just read the fictional series Harry potter. Please write your review of the books. | [
"This is political BS. You're just reading what they want you to read. Listen, I don't think muggles are bad, heck, I have muggle friends. I don't have a prejudice against them, but there are some that have no place in modern society, and when ever I say anything about it, I get called a death-eater. Also, I'm gett... | 5 | |
[WP] An army of magic using creatures comes through a portal and attempts to conquer us, but they don't expect our technology. | [
"The first elves came through expecting mithril and mana.\n\nThey found lead instead.\n\n***\n\n\"Lord Captain! Lord Captain!\" The scout burst into Firiniel's command tent, chest heaving, and snapped off a stiff salute.\n\n\"Report!\"\n\n\"They have...\" the scout panted, still saluting. \"They have... non-magic m... | 5 | |
[WP] You, a nerdy teenage boy, suddenly have the ability to both figuratively and literally charm the pants off of any girl you want. This would be great, if you weren't interested in boys. | [
"Joey sniffed, wiping his runny nose on the back of his hand before scrubbing the hand against his jeans. He pulled at the messenger bag slung over his shoulder before pushing his way out the school doors and into the throng of students newly released from class. A shove between his shoulders caught him off-balance... | 2 | |
[WP] 10% of the population is going to die and you decide to volunteer as a sacrifice (inspired by the ask reddit thread) | [
"Decimation.\n\n10% of the world's population dead.\n\nThat is the definition of decimation.\n\nI remember when I was 11 or 12, there was this thing called Occupy Wall Street. I grew up in New York City, and everyday for what seemed like forever we would walk past these protesters. They were chanting \"We are the 9... | 2 | |
Battle must be included somewhere in the prompt. | [WP] You have been given a magic sword. It has a reputation of getting it's owners killed. | [
"\"You know, my last owner always said I was sharp and edgy. He was such an -\"\n\n\"Please, could you save it for later?\" I beg Lilarcor.\n\nWhen I first heard tale of the blade, I was determined to seek it out and wield it for myself. The rumors only told of it's mystical prowess - a blade that could dance on i... | 5 |
[WP] Write a story that begins simple and slow and then progresses into something extraordinary as it is read. Make it mind blowing. | [
"For the fifth time that night, the man got up from bed. The covers felt smothering, the air unstintingly cold. Deep lines of sweat worked their way down the fleshy contours of his pajamas, leaving damp patches wherever the folds intersected. He lurched up to his feet and began to run his pudgy fingers through the ... | 2 | |
[WP] An assassin describing their weapon of choice in vivid detail. | [
"Everyone chooses their own way. Some choose rifles, to strike down their foes from afar. Some choose blades, a weapon of fury and strength. Me? I chose something different. Something that no armour can stop, that no bodyguard can disarm. A subtle thing, a quiet, vicious, merciless thing. It isn't the quickest, it ... | 16 | |
[WP] Years ago, first contact from the alien race was a message. Even from recordings, every person hears the message differently based on their native language and background. Today you hear the message for the first time. | [
"I stared at the blinking cursor, sighed, and typed, \n\n\"Fine, I guess I'll see what all the buzz is about.\"\n\nIrritated, I clicked the link I'd been sent a hundred times already. The yapping heads on television, the dimwits in my office, the strangers on the train, my own goddamn parents, no one could shut up... | 5 | |
this was the basis for an ask reddit thread but after some thought I realised it could be a really cool story and I wanted to see what you guys could do with it. [this](http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/36rs8t/1v1_sniper_battle_in_an_abandoned_nyc_you_begin/) is the ask reddit thread if you need inspiration. | [WP] You are a sniper trapped in an abandoned/run down NYC. The only other person in the city is another sniper. You're both hunting each other trying to survive and not be killed. | [
" It was a simple matter. Menial, almost. New York had plenty of supplies, a *surplus* even. Goods that needed to be cooked were out of the question, however. A fire would be a monumentally bad trip up. But he knew that as well. It was all a big test. Why else would they give me a rifle strong enough to tear a ... | 2 |
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